Thursday, September 8, 2011

Central Park in September

Late summer picnic in Central Park. Orange cherry tomatoes, peanut butter and apricot jam on seven grain bread, jalapeño jack on pumpernickel, tortilla chips, a striped miniature watermelon. Air like swimming through warm water--steamy grass and damp bark and living leaves, sunlight hot but diffused.The colors are combinations of purples and yellows, a bit of white, a lot of green. Squirrels, butterflies, spiders, bees, caterpillars, pigeons, ducks. Small hints of fall around the edges of things, a pink and ripening crab apple tree, berries in various stages of red and plum and black, tiny still-green acorns.






























4 comments:

  1. What a beautiful place to picnic. I never would have guessed you were in the middle of New York City by these pictures. One of Devin on a big flat rock reminds me of Pinecrest. And Laura, you take amazing nature photographs! You two look happy!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. I loove your blog so much it makes me happy to see your adventures. Love and miss you Laura xx sara

    ReplyDelete
  3. I always imagined Central Park as square and flat, because that's how it looks on the map. I enjoyed seeing how it really looks. Lots of unfamiliar plants. Lovely photos.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love the antler leaf. And I love you!

    ReplyDelete